Kevin McGuff Captures 500th Career Win

Thursday, February 5

Seattle, Wash.

9:00 PM

Ohio State

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No. 24/25 Washington

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Ohio St.

Washington

Kevin McGuff Captures 500th Career Win

2/5/2026 11:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes beat a ranked Huskies team on the road by a 70-60 margin on Thursday night.

SEATTLE, Wash. – The No. 9/9 Ohio State women's basketball team (21-3, 10-2 B1G) defeated No. 24/25 Washington (17-6, 7-5 B1G) on Thursday night in the Alaska Airlines Arena for head coach Kevin McGuff's 500^th career win.

Ohio State used an 11-0 run midway through the first quarter to build a 22-14 lead after 10 minutes of play, despite a Washington buzzer beater. Washington closed the gap in the second quarter as the Buckeyes held the 31-27 advantage at halftime. The Buckeyes outscored the Huskies 23-16 in the third quarter to increase the lead to 54-43 after three quarters of play. Ohio State held off a late Washington push to earn the 70-60 victory.

Jaloni Cambridge was the first in the game to reach double figures, doing so on the first possession of the second quarter and finishing with 26 points. Chance Gray (12) and Elsa Lemmilä (13) joined J. Cambridge in double figures. Lemmilä led the game with nine rebounds.

Quarter-by-Quarter Recap

Q1: Ohio State made its first three field goal attempts to take a 6-3 lead after a Chance Gray steal and score. J. Cambridge went on a 6-0 run to give the Buckeyes a 14-8 lead with just under four minutes remaining in the quarter. Ohio State scored 11 unanswered points to extend the lead to 19-8. The Buckeyes led by a 22-14 margin after a Huskies buzzer beater.
Q2: J. Cambridge opened the second quarter with a jumper to reach 10 points in the game. Neither team scored for a span of two minutes before a 9-0 Huskies run got them within two at 25-23 just past the midway point of the quarter. Elsa Lemmilä wrapped up the half's scoring and Ohio State held a 31-27 lead going into the locker room.
Q3: The Buckeyes scored back-to-back baskets to begin the third quarter before the Huskies got on the board in the frame. A pair of baskets from J. Cambridge pushed the Buckeyes' lead back to double digits at 42-32 with six minutes remaining in the quarter. Ohio State scored six unanswered points to stretch the lead to 51-37 – the largest lead of the game thus far. The Buckeyes led by a 54-43 margin after 30 minutes.
Q4: The Huskies opened fourth-quarter scoring. The Buckeyes went on an extended 8-2 run to increase the lead to 62-47 with six minutes to go. The Huskies used an 8-0 run to trim their deficit to 62-55 with four minutes remaining. Washington got as close as four points down the stretch, but Ohio State scored the final six points of the game to take home a 70-60 win.

Game Notes

This is Kevin McGuff's 500^th career win. This is McGuff's first win against the Huskies in Seattle since coaching for Washington from 2011-13.
This is the Buckeyes' seventh game of the season against a ranked opponent and the sixth played away from Columbus.
This is Ohio State's fourth ranked win of the season.
Jaloni Cambridge has scored in double figures in each of the Buckeyes' 24 games this season. Her 14^th 20-point performance of the season was good for 26 points.
Chance Gray scored at least 10 points for the 18^th time this season with 12 points tonight.
Elsa Lemmilä has had at least four blocks in each of the last four games and finished with five blocks tonight. She scored 10 or more points for the ninth time this season, totaling 13 points tonight.
Q1: The Buckeyes made 9-of-13 (.692) from the floor to begin the game and were 10-of-17 (.588) in the quarter.
Q3: Ohio State was 10-of-19 (.526) from the field in the quarter.
Q4: The Huskies got within four points with two minutes to play in the game, but the Buckeyes held Washington scoreless the remainder of the way.

Up Next

Ohio State continues its west coast trip against Oregon on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and AM1460.

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